AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Sphalerite on Prehnite with pseudomorphic molds after Anhydrite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 79848 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite on Prehnite with pseudomorphic molds after Anhydrite |
Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Rare 7 mm compound sphalerite crystal group on lustrous translucent yellow-green prehnite crystals to 5 mm with pseudomorphic mold on the rear after a bladed anhydrite crystal. The sphalerite crystals are distinctly transparent yellow-brown internally. Collected in 1990s by Prof. Martin Becker, author of Recent Mineral Finds at the Millington Quarry in Rocks and Minerals v.73 #5 |
Overall Size: | 3.5x2.5x2 cm |
Crystals: | 1-5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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